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Leo Enticknap
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From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 05-06-2014 11:05 AM

Sadly, it would seem like the owners did a major, once every 20-30 years refurbishment at just the wrong time. If it had been done in 2012 rather than 2002, putting in digital projection would have been part of the bigger project and probably a relatively small line item in among all the other work that was done.

This kind of upgrade is always a lot easier if done as part of a bigger project than as a one-off purchase. When I was designing the projection and sound installation at the University of Leeds theatre in 2008, I was encouraged to include a wish list of everything I could envisage the venue using over the next 10-20 years, even if we didn't really need it there and then. My boss's thinking is that asking for a machine costing five figures as one line item in a £3m building refurbishment project stood a much better chance of success than trying to justify buying it individually.

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Mike Blakesley
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-06-2014 12:20 PM

That's kind of what we did here. There are always projects in the pipeline -- this summer we are replacing some windows and doing a re-paint on the outside, and some work on the roof. But I already have a separate "savings account" started for the next digital upgrade since it's probably going to be a bigger expense than most projects.

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